Police bust marijuana smokers across Luxembourg

Police reported on Thursday that they had caught several youths and adults in Ettelbrück, Hautcharage, Esch/Alzette, Wasserbillig and Bettembourg smoking or carrying marijuana, with small amounts of the drug confiscated.

11.04.2014

(CS) Police reported on Thursday that they had caught several youths and adults in Ettelbrück, Hautcharage, Esch/Alzette, Wasserbillig and Bettembourg smoking or carrying marijuana, with small amounts of the drug confiscated.

In Ettelbrück, five teenagers were searched, with 8.1 grammes of marijuana confiscated. In Hautcharage another group of six teenagers were stopped by police with several grammes of hashish and other drugs paraphernalia in their pockets.

Teenagers in Bettembourg were also subject to a control after police noticed the sweet smell of marijuana, with 2.1 grammes and a grinder found.

In Esch/Alzette meanwhile two men were caught smoking a joint on a parking lot, with 1.5 grammes of marijuana and also 0.5 grammes of cocaine confiscated. Another man was stopped carrying 2.3 grammes of marijuana.

In Wasserbillig four young men were stopped by police, with one in the process of lighting a joint, carrying a small amount of marijuana in a pack of cigarettes.

In Echternach meanwhile a man handed 56 small plastic bags, used to package drugs, as well as a set of scales. The man said that he had found the items in his son's backpack. The son admitted to regularly consuming marijuana, adding that he had started dealing some time ago.

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